ICD-10 diagnosis code
Z76 Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
Z76 is the ICD-10 code for Persons encountering health services in other circumstances. It is a three-character category divided into 8 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Z70–Z76 (Persons encountering health services in other circumstances) in Chapter XXI, Factors influencing health status and contact with health services.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XXI · Z00–Z99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
Subcodes of Z76
- Z76.0Issue of repeat prescription
- Z76.1Health supervision and care of foundling
- Z76.2Health supervision and care of other healthy infant and child
- Z76.3Healthy person accompanying sick person
- Z76.4Other boarder in health-care facility
- Z76.5Malingerer [conscious simulation]
- Z76.8Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
- Z76.9Person encountering health services in unspecified circumstances
Z76 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Z76Kontakt med hälso- och sjukvården under andra omständigheter
DZ76Personer i kontakt med sundhedsvæsenet af andre årsager
- DZ766Kontakt afbrudt af patienten
Z76Muussa yhteydessä tapahtunut yhteydenotto terveyspalvelujen tuottajiin
Z76Personen, die das Gesundheitswesen aus sonstigen Gründen in Anspruch nehmen
Z76Sujet ayant recours aux services de santé dans d'autres circonstances
Z76personen die in contact komen met gezondheidszorg in overige
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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